Here are some photos of Angelina Jolie directing Unbroken in Sydney, Australia yesterday. Is this her director style? Does Angelina Jolie like to direct in a modest and flattering black dress with a sleek ponytail? Does she always wear a simple black leather Hermes watch (I think that’s what it is) and her gigantic engagement ring? I like her directing style. It’s flattering, cute and professional. I also think it’s cute that she’s in the middle of a group of men, barking out her orders. Yay, female directors!

The Australian newspapers seem somewhat obsessed with the fact that Angelina and her brood are in their country, filming a World War II movie. So they’ve been cataloging her every move, which is why I know that Angelina was filming on Pitt Street in Sydney yesterday! That’s pretty cool. I wonder if they have a Jolie Street too. Maybe Jolie Boulevard. Apparently, the filming shut down some of the busy streets in Sydney, but it doesn’t seem like it was a huge deal – the Aussies seemed excited to see all of the period costumes and 1940s cars. Plus, Angelina has hired a lot of Aussie extras.

I’m assuming Angelina flew back to Sydney right after accepting her Humanitarian Oscar last Saturday. It’s good to be La Jolie! It’s also a great time to be a Brangeloonie.

See I can’t even rag on Angelina’s style, because I know that if any of you guys saw how I dress, you’d be saying the same things. My mom already does. I hate picking clothes out. I like to be comfortable. If I bought all my clothes, I’d be just like Angelina–all black and beige–so it all matches when I grab two things at random.

I agree as well. Wouldn’t have picked that as an outfit to direct in, but if she’s comfortable, then who am I to judge. I like her glasses though.
And as for her wearing only black all the time, I can’t judge on that either because that is pretty much the ONLY colour I wear as well (not counting denim).

Hmmm, I’m on the fence here. I like the top half of the dress but the skirt part looks too voluminous for her frame. In the last photo, for example, it makes her look squat. Maybe if it was shorter I’d like the outfit more.

I enjoy seeing photos of a strong, capable woman directing. I don’t care what Jolie or Bigelow wear when they direct. It’s just great to see female directors getting the opportunity to showcase their talents.

Pilgrim’s funeral – hilarious! Yes, the outfit is pretty bad. This ‘all black’ thing has really got to stop. I get where’s she’s coming from when she says she wants to get dressed quickly and without fuss, but she could achieve the same easy, throw-on uniform and still incorporate other neutral colors.

I love her directing the guys but I’d be in jeans/shorts and a tee shirt if I looked like her. Who wears a dress voluntarily, LOL???? Too much work! I want comfy if I’m up and down and all around directing.

To each is own. I find myself more comfortable if I have on a dress, mid thigh, knee high, long and maxi than when I’m wearing jeans, shorts and pants. She obviously dresses appropriately when it’s called for. If memory serves me, she’s always worn pants when traveling for her UN work and we didn’t see her wear a dress while they were on a boat filming a couple of weeks ago. She’s back on land now and she probably doesn’t have to scramble up and down that day..maybe.

@Blannie, who wrote: “I love her directing the guys but I’d be in jeans/shorts and a tee shirt if I looked like her. Who wears a dress voluntarily, LOL???? Too much work! I want comfy if I’m up and down and all around directing.”

But could you imagine what people would say if she ‘did’ dress in jeans/shorts and a tee shirt for her first ‘Studio’ directing gig? She looks professional. Her crew–it looks like all men–are used to working with male directors. I don’t think they’d take her seriously (fair or not) if she came dressed casually.

@Gigi : Glad to know someone is feeling the same as I do. I love solid colours in my wardrobe. Mostly variation of black, brown, white, or grey. Rarely buying other colour unless the design and the cut suit me well. I’m just not suit to wear something that look sunny and bright.

For some reason my sis and my mom never gives up their hope and keep buying me clothes with colours and #shudder# patterns!! I swear to God, I look silly on top of feeling stupid already for wearing it (coz I didn’t have the heart to hurt their feelings by not wearing it in front of them). I mean, they know I don’t look good in it since they would always say, ” Well, it’s not that bad…at least you look different…”
Sigh…..

“Gaunt” is the perfect word. She’s beautiful and because of her angular bone structure her thinness looks severe and ultimately aging. In evening gowns her head now looks disproportionately large. Someone should take her by the hand.

Re-posting part of what I did the other day. Obviously, skulls vary in size just as frame sizes do. For lack of a better example, if you look at this picture of Kate Middleton and Queen Rania, you’ll see that Middleton just has a larger skull than QR. Both are thin, KM with a medium frame and QR with a small frame, but their head’s are very different in size. Not good or bad, just a larger skull can make a thin body look even thinner.

It’s true though. People always complain about Aniston’s “headlights”.
But to be fair, others have mentioned that post-breast reconstruction, breasts can be very tender. Maybe she’s going braless because it’s simply too painful to wear a boob holster.

@OKitten-
The pain issue may be the primary reason; I hadn’t thought about that. I do recall a recent article ( false or true, who knows) about her discomfort post reconstruction. I know my sis had a long period of gradual stretching of her skin before her implants/reconstruction ( consequently, did not complain at all about sensitivity/pain when the process was completed), so rushing into implants larger than your skin can contain would be awful, I would think. That said, I just can’t imagine that with painful breasts you wouldn’t want some kind of support- even a post-mastectomy soft bra.

I personally would be uncomfortable with my nips on display. I get annoyed enough by the blatant chest gawking I sometimes endure.

Santolina – what’s abnormal about her nipples? That you can see them? I’m genuinly curious about this. I know it’s the fashion right now to pretend that no one has actual nipples and that all bras be heavily lined and padded, but when I was growing up ALL the nipples were out, lol! They even made bras *with* nipples built in!

All that to say – I think the nipple thing is kind of sexy… in a HammDong sort of way.

GiGi, here’s some context for my seemingly callous remark. My mother was an artist and taught me to think of how the eye takes in a composition, as a whole. Angelina obviously takes great care in how she presents herself. I’m fine with erect nipples showing. It’s the perpetual state of erectness that seems odd; the human eye goes there because it’s a sign of sexual arousal. If she can’t help it, that’s different. If that’s intentionally the look she’s going for, I think it detracts from the whole picture.

Didn’t I read somewhere that nipples after this type of procedure don’t actually have functioning nerve endings? I believe to get erect nipples, people actually get fillers. I can understand doing this to get a more natural look to the reconstructed breasts, but I don’t think we can say it’s involuntary in this case. Perhaps she wants her nipples on display to lend a little bit of a sexual vibe to her new chest.

I agree with you this woman has terrible fashion sense and I wish she would wear clothes that will flatter her but I agree she doesn’t just care she does her thing her own way. But God she is beautiful! And Yay to female directors!

I think that is a fairly awful dress, but then I’m going to take the yay female directors thing a step further and question if we should be commenting on her work clothes at all. I kind of doubt would be doing that if a male director was photographed working (unless it was something REALLY strange looking).

Well Lucy the title of this post is talking about what she wore. You might be right in saying if this was a man directing, we most likely wouldn’t be discussing what he is wearing. Men directors are usually dressed down so nothing to discuss. But think about it men fashion is rarely discussed. Think about red carpets people are more interested in what the women are wearing than the men. But I’m sure if Michael Bay wore a three piece suit on set to direct, people would be talking about it.

I get that, V4Real, I’m just looking at the larger point of how it so often seems to go to the work for men and the appearance for women. Maybe this isn’t the right forum for that complaint, but I’m just throwing the idea out there that if we want to champion women stepping into the boys club, maybe focus a little less on what they’re wearing and more on what they’re doing.

Agreed, but I think this article is more about the author (and CB posters) being fans of AJ and her personal style in general than caring what female directors wear more than males.

I think she looks nice but wouldn’t mind if she’d soften up her style instead of looking so severe. I completely understand why she’s dressed as she is, though. She probably wants to show she’s in professional mode, and should be taken seriously.

I think she looks cool I love the dress but will prefer it in another colour for my self. Yea I also wish she would mix colours up but I just have to accept black is her thing plus her breast is less swollen and looks good. And her skin is great.

Her oufit- really? Ok, I suppose it’s a step up from the bubble coat and boots she wore for most of the time while directing In the Land of Blood and Honey. If you look at the pictures then, she was skinny, wore a black top, black skirt or pants. Angie should listen to Steve McQueen- in every interview he talks about how the only reason 12 Years a Slave is such a stellar movie is because Steve had fabulous outfits on each day he came to set.

Sorry- I was joking to illustrate the fact that the director’s wardrobe DOES NOT determine the quality of the film and that nobody mocks male directors’ outfits- it’s like the focus on HRC’s pantsuits or hairstyle- UGH. Steve M is awesome and TYAS is a masterpiece AND he wears some pretty funky clothes on & off set. He’s also chubby. They say that in every article. They say don’t eat a sandwich. Umm, no, criticism of appearance is reserved for Angelina. That said, Martin Scorsese was sure that he finally won an Oscar because he wore a fancy, sparkly, form-fitting evening gown to set each day- oohlala!

ummm, she had a VERY painful DOUBLE MASTECTOMY. ALL of her breast tissue was removed except for her nipples. Unlike some ladies, Angelina has a 37 year track record of NOT showing her nipples, so this is hardly her choice. She probably should wear the flowing robe thing she wore just weeks after surgery when she presented that award to Malala. Might be hard to direct in, but no chance of nipple visibility. I’ve never had a double mastectomy, but I hear you and your body is pretty traumatized- not for somebody like you, of couse. I’m sure that you would look so much better and do so much more after yours.

you can see them now Mary Jane because she is probably in too much pain to wear a bra due to her double mastectomy as “set the example” said!!
I know three people who have had breast reconstructions due to cancer and they were in a lot of pain and couldn’t wear bras for months. Its a grueling procedure that takes months of recovery and you may never feel the same again. Its not as simple as getting implants for cosmetic reasons

EXACTLY. Angelina went 37 years without gratuitously showing her nipples. Why can we see them now? What happened- so mysterious. I’m sure these cruel folk run up to amputees and ask why are you limping? Why does your stump show?! And proceed to tell them they are offensive to look at.

I ditched bras a while back. They are uncomfortable and too restricting. Its also hard to find bras without underwire or heavy padding. A few people have registered problems with seeing that I am not wearing a bra, even though I dress very modestly. I think its their problem entirely, not mine. I don’t wear pantyhose anymore, either, and some people think I should not show my untanned legs in public. Again – their problem, not mine. I am not going to cover up my stark white legs because of some societal standard that caucasian women should spend all their spare time and money in tanning salons.

I actually teared up because she looks so cute! in that first pic she looks a bit scary but the rest of them its like if this is her style for directing – its going to be her own and become some iconic thing for sure like how wintour rocks the big ol bug sunglasses

Thank you, TOK. I was *just* about to fly into a nipple rage, here. Seriously, people. They’re nipples. People act like they should never be seen, but it’s just the style right now to not see them. Upthread I mentioned that when I was a kid you could see EVERYBODY’S nipples and it wasn’t considered a bad thing at all.

And some of us have nipples like that all the time – in spite of any padding or smoothing in a bra. Hers might have become more prominent after her nipple-sparing mastectomy.

@Gigi, not to get to personal but my nipples are out of control and I wish they were smaller. But, I have to play the cards I was dealt. It’s hard to wear tank tops in the summer. If I’m out at a bar or lounge with friends I’m not that concerned but I have to monitor my wardrobe very carefully when I’m at work. I don’t want to end up in human resources for saluting every co-worker and kid I come across. I usually don’t care for padded bras because I have no need for them but they do help control the nipplegate when I’m in the workplace. Victoria Secret and Soma padded bras usually work for me.

BTW I’m not ashame to admit I like nipples. When I see headlights on an attractive woman, I’m like nice. But there are times we just have to tone it down, especially in a professional place.

I agree, V – mine also have a life of their own, lol. So maybe I’m a *touch* sensitive to “nippleshaming”

Because I’m large breasted, it only adds insult to injury to have to wear heavily padded bras just to hide my nips. I mostly work from home, but when I have client meetings, I do make sure they’re pinned down! But there have been times when I think they’re under control and my husband is all, “Um… what bra do you have on?” because they’re totally STILL visible.

Anyone remember the Seinfeld, when Kramer takes a Christmas photo for Elaine, and her nipple shows in the picture that she sends to everyone! Like Jerry and George said “Why you getting so upset over nipples, everyones got them”! lol

I think she’s too intensely focused on her acting, directing, and humanitarian work to give a crap about fashion. I like she’s never fit in with the vapid celebrity fashionistas in Hollywood and chooses to dress like everyday is a funeral.

Her check looks average sized when you look at the side view. I think because they have not dropped the front view makes them look fuller than they actually are.

I dont’ htink directing is about fashion. Most male directors are in jean and ratty tees.. she wears what she wants and likes.. if she was a vain as people love to claim she is then clothes would be her top priority. they ar not..

In the first profile pic, she’s turned at least 3/4 away from the camera – that’s no perspective for breasts. The second profile pic, her arms blocking her breasts. And they look like they’ve settled in and “dropped”. I do think the size is too big for her frame, but her surgeon did a good job of not inserting them right under her collar bones. I think they’ll look pretty natural when all is said and done.

I think Angelina is probably too busy to always fret about the way she looks. She’s a beauty, but she has 6 children, a fiancé and sounds like more than enough work to keep her busy with all of their projects and interests.

I’m not sure looking great is her priority in life, not that she doesn’t always look good, but it’s probably hard to focus on the right clothing and hair every single day. Men don’t have to. So what, she’s simply dressed?

Yes, AJ is busy but she has all the help in the world & unlimited funds. She still cares how she looks — she’s a movie star who has long been regarded for her looks. She might be worried she lost her sex appeal & that’s why she got the really large breasts. She needs to take care of herself where her nutritional needs are concerned & she could get her old spark back.

Large breasts? Not everyone is vain as you and only thinks about looks. Don’t drag other people down to your own low level.

Angelina’s breasts may look large because of the swelling you get after a mastectomy. In many cases it takes more than a year for the swelling to go down.

Have you ever thought about that? Nope because this is about Angelina Jolie and every little thing has to be attacked and criticised on.

You all go on and on about her nipples but your idol Jennifer Aniston’s nickname in a Hollywood is Nippleston – she has been showing her nipples for the past two decades for no apparent reason. How about attacking her? No of course you won’t because you Jennifer fans have always been so hypocritical that it is pathetic.

@Thea who says that Angies breast are still swollen; well they are. But they are not going to get much smaller. I’ve been around fake boobs for years and while they do drop, they pretty much remain close to the size you had put in. I do agree with what Cecillia said about AJ having help because she does. She has nannies and assistants on standby. She’s not doing it alone. There was no harm in Cecillia pointing that out and it didn’t sound like an attack. You want to praise a woman who had a lot of kids you should check out Josephine Baker. She adopted around 12 kids of different ethnicities. This was all before adoption became the Hollywood in thing.
Also before you go accusing me of being a fan of Anniston, check your facts and my older post I don’t like her. Also Cecillia didn’t mention anything about Angies lovely nipples, you were the one who brought nipples into this thread.

Whoa, Thea what’s with all the hate? Cecilia wasn’t even being mean–she’s sharing her opinion. Angelina has always had big boobs for her frame (I’ve always thought that she looked so out of whack–her body has always been very lanky and skinny, and then she has those boobs), and I know that if it was me, I’d want my breasts to be the same size as they were before, if not a little bigger.

I dont know. I dont want to hate on her but if I had her features I would play them up a whole lot more but I guess she is over the whole “worlds most beautiful” thing. But still… eat something, put a bra on, find clothes that fit, colour is your friend and so is hair colour. Ditch those sunglasses and a light bit of make up would be lovely. Shes not even trying anymore.

I don’t think she’s ever really been interested in fashion. Before she was with Brad, she always wore a lot of jeans and tshirts in her down time—sometimes a really nice blouse. Afterwards, she started doing the all black. I think most of the time she looks nice, if a bit boring.

As a local of Sydney Australia I’m excited to tell you that yes, we will indeed be honouring Angie J with her own street soon, too. Castlereagh Street will be changed to Jolie Street – it runs parallel to Pitt Street so Pitt and Jolie will be side-by-side, awwww!!!

I remember reading somewhere where Jolie mentioned that head-to-toe black is her off-duty wardrobe because a), it hides stains (hello mother of six young children) and b), she doesn’t have to think about what she’s going to wear. Makes sense to me. She saves the colour for the red carpet.

I’ll take it as a joke AJ will get a street named after her in Sydney! I know a lot of streets in Canberra are named after war heroes, would be nice to see streets named after our latest VC winners first!

Hahaha I’m glad you sensed the sarcasm. Pitt Street isn’t named after Brad Pitt, it’s just a coincidence she was filming there. I agree with you about the VC winners, I’d rather have streets named after them than athletes or politicians.

I love Angelina…everyone who knows me on this site knows that I am a HUGE fan…but, I really would love it, if she just wore some jeans and a casual shirt, (maybe some sneakers)….I think she would look lovely (of course) wearing something so casual. However, I am hoping this movie is amazing and that Angelina is nominated for Best Director. We need more women directors!!!!

That dress is something my 80 year old Mediterranean aunt would wear and only because she’s a widow.
She needs a stylist.
Even jeans and a classic casual shirt would look better than that depressing dress.

Do we know for a fact that she hadn’t just been to a meeting or was going to one after work and didn’t have a chance to change?

And even if not – why is it such a big deal that she wore a dress to work? Maybe unlike a lot of people who would go to work in their pjs if they could, this woman has pride in herself, her work and her co-workers and dresses professionally.

I love how many medical professionals we have here that KNOW what’s going on with her because of her double mastectomy. I had reconstruction with my own tissue and I was able to do everything I could before surgery in about 8-10 weeks – and I have a 12 inch scar across my belly where they took the tissue and moved it up (DIEP flap surgery). She’s not a little china doll. My nipples stand at attention because they are completely fake and made from skin so they can’t “go down.” I wear a slightly padded bra to cover them so I don’t get stares. I guess some people don’t care if their nipples show. If I didn’t work in an office maybe I wouldn’t either.

Clothes which ages further. Angelina is thin in excess. His face now reminds me of that character from the Disney Magapatalógica. “She is so thin that I’m sure the animation” The Corpse Bride was inspired in his person.

Don’t really like the dress but at least she covers up and doesn’t run around half naked like a lot of celebs. I think she looks great, though, and I can’t wait to see the movie. Think she has actual talent and the “it” factor.

I like th bottom part better than the school teacher top but to be fair she would look good in anything. One of Brad’s old t-shirts and cut offs and she would look beautiful. She doesn’t have to do much of anything in my opinion. I mean how lucky can one person be!

A girlfriend of mine had her breasts removed because of cancer. After she got her new boobs and nipples she decided to go shopping. When she got home she realized one of her nipples was missing and had to go back to the store were she had been trying on clothes, go into the dressing room and retrieve her nipple. After that episode she decided screw the nipples! She never did replace them. True story!

Angelina is wearing a St Laurent Paris dress, hardly unfashionable. She has been wearing this designer quite a bit lately and I think she looks great in it. I agree she should do something to hide the nipples.

If she doesn’t need a bra to hold her up, why in the world would she wear one. We are all just so used to being ordinary and doing what everyone else does without asking questions. Bras were probably invented by men to keep women in their place. I applaud her willingness to be herself and wear what she chooses.

IKR? You would think one would get tired of wearing the same color 24/7. Other have stated here and other sites that she wears black to easily get dressed and hide stains. There are plenty of colors you can effortlessly throw together that match well. Clothes that hide stains? A simple patterned shirt would hide a stain better than a black shirt would. Black doesn’t necessarily hide stains. Anyone who’s worn black knows that. If anything it makes a stain stand out more.

She cares about her appearance or she wouldn’t wear make up and get her hair colored. She has a few insecurities, clothes not being one of them, obviously.

Call me biased but i love this dress,if i were to lay my hands on this i would make it shorter and wear a coloured shoe with it,really high heels.

As for the nipples issue,i think there’s a reason for that,if she never showed her nipples for 37 years then started showing it after a mastectomy,there’s a reason.But you know what major message i’ve gotten from this whole nipple talk?she really doesn’t care what people think/say about her,i mean she could just be this classy lady her fans and non-fans make her out to be(i’m only saying that because most people associate exposure of nipples to trashyness like someone upthread just did) but she goes ahead to commit the “ultimate crime” by exposing her nipples.Thats like a celeb who only has fans because she has never been naked then goes ahead to be naked in a movie.I know thats a wrong analogy bcos AJ doesn’t only have fans because she’s classy e.g me,but i can’t seem to pass across the message i want to.

Let me explain myself better;most celebs only live the way their fans want them to so they don’t lose them and also most celebs try to do things that would not give their haters an excuse to attack them,but she doen’t do any of these things and that only makes me love her more.

While I personally don’t like the look, I don’t get why it’s considered to be an egregious sin because your nipples are showing. Especially if you can’t really help it. I wear a bra, because I have big boobs and don’t want them going south, plus I feel weird with my boobs not being contained. But to each their own.

i would say fashion is definitely her thing. She has always dressed the part for whatever phase she’s into Now it’s conservative take me serious time, as it’s been for awhile. The nipples are a surgery thing. Mine are always p pow. I teach for a living, so I wear pads when I don’t want to appear provocative. With a dress like that, thank god she can show some sexuality, not to be provocative, but she’s still an attractive young woman so why not

Would you be asking people what they thought of Steven Spielbergs, or any other male directors, choice of clothes to direct in?
She looks neat and tidy so who cares what she is wearing? My theory on other peoples clothing is- if you are neat and tidy, in clean clothes, with brushed hair and have shoes one and are dressed appropriate to the venue/occasion then I don’t care. and i don’t count thongs, or as they are called in the USA flip flops, as shoes except at the beach

It’d have been chic on a woman with bit of meat on. On Angelina though it just looks, well, comfortable. Maybe that’s what she was going for with that nipple situation. Australian media is kinda obsessed? really? When will they stop making Jolie a tabloid target? The whole ‘she’s a control freak’ thing isn’t interesting anymore. They just seem to be a comfortable family and Jolie is not even that active onscreen. It’s just not intriguing anymore.